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The
Okai Collier Company is
pleased to announce its latest
projects...
2009 proved to be one of the
company's busiest years with
a total of eight theatre
productions, two books, two
Social Investment projects
and one documentary being
produced.
The company has a number of
productions already
confirmed for 2010/11. These
include: Moira Buffini's
acclaimed Blavatsky's
Tower (The Brockley
Jack Studio Theatre);
the World premiere of Peter
Billingham's Gifted (White
Bear Theatre); the
London premiere of Steve
Hennessy's Stairway to
Heaven (The Blue
Elephant Theatre); the
World premiere of The
Remains of the Day,
book, music and lyrics by
Alex Loveless, based on the
award-winning novel by Kazuo
Ishiguro (Union Theatre)
and Bloodline (The
Brockley Jack Studio Theatre).
The company is developing a
number of other theatrical
productions for presentation
in 2010/2011. These
currently include: 1888,
It Came
From The Never-Space!!!,
Ghetto Funk Time Machine
and
Celia.
Artistic Director Omar F. Okai
is also Directing and
Co-Producing Christian
Gibson's one man show
Been There, Doing It,
which will open in March at
The Civic Theatre in
Bedford, before going on a
National Tour.
OCC Publishing will release
two titles in 2010/2011 -
The Oonford Detective
Agency, Book One: Sora
and the fourth installment
of the Towards The Light
Fantastic series.
Dance With Me,
written and directed by
Sasha C. Damjanovski and
produced by Collier, is the
first feature film from Okai
Collier/Orev Films and
received its London premiere
in late 2008. After a year
of International Film
Festivals and screenings,
the film will open
at selected cinemas
throughout the UK in 2010.
The first screening will be
at the Apollo Cinema,
Haymarket, London in April.
The film will also open in
Europe, starting with
Macedonia, later in 2010.
The company also continues
to develop arts projects for
young people through Urban
Theatre, it's associated
Charity, thanks to a number
of grants, with one
from Awards for All
from The National Lottery.
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